AirportsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is a large airport serving New York, in United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JFK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JFK
- ICAO code
- KJFK
- City
- New York
- State or region
- New York
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.6394° N, 73.7793° W
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 4,423 m (14,511 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JFK means John F. Kennedy International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KJFK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.6394° N, 73.7793° W. It stands 4 metres (13 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
John F. Kennedy International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 4,423 metres (14,511 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13R/31L | 4,423 m 14,511 ft | 61 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 04L/22R | 3,682 m 12,079 ft | 61 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 13L/31R | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 61 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 04R/22L | 2,560 m 8,400 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| LaGuardia AirportNew York | LGA | 17 km |
| New York Skyports Inc Seaplane BaseNew York | NYS | 19 km |
| East 34th Street HeliportNew York | TSS | 20 km |
| West 30th Street HeliportNew York | JRA | 23 km |
| Teterboro AirportTeterboro | TEB | 33 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,755 km | 14 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,532 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,002 km | 13 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,540 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,974 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,341 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,875 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,014 km | 19 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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